Patrick Laughran

Patrick Laughran is a part-time Lecturer at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business. He has taught since 2007, focusing on enterprise growth, innovation, information systems management, and small business management. His expertise combines academic instruction with extensive industry experience.

Education:

• MBA in Marketing, F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business, Babson College
• BSBA in Management Information Systems, Northeastern University

Research & Professional Experience: Laughran specializes in strategy formulation, organizational capability development, and business model innovation. His career includes leadership roles at for-profit and non-profit institutions, as well as successful startups. Notably, he served as founding CTO for WebCT (sold for $180M in 2006) and TechTarget (completed a $100M IPO in 2007). He focuses on leveraging information systems and technology to drive enterprise growth and profitability.

Affiliations: Member of Northeastern's Supply Chain & Information Management Academic Group, which emphasizes real-world applications in Management Information Systems, Operations Management, and Supply Chain Management.